{"id":"CVE-2016-9646","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9646","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:02:45.401Z","title":"ikiwiki before 3.20161229 incorrectly called the CGI::FormBuilder->field method (similar to the CGI->param API that led to Bugzilla's CVE-2014-1572), which can be abused to lead to commit metadata forgery.","description":"ikiwiki before 3.20161229 incorrectly called the CGI::FormBuilder->field method (similar to the CGI->param API that led to Bugzilla's CVE-2014-1572), which can be abused to lead to commit metadata forgery.","published":"2018-04-13T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["ikiwiki/ikiwiki","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01138,"percentile":0.66424,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9646","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148304341511854&w=2","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9646","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9646","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148304341511854&w=2","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9646","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9646","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}